"Cricket is a funny game, it was unbelievable for us ... the first hundred by an Afghan in the World Cup. "Proud of the team, but we will be disappointed tonight. We didn't think it would be ...

"Really disappointed. Cricket is a funny game, it was unbelievable," Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi told media after the match. But it's Afghanistan's rise in one-day international ...

After reaching the tournament’s final four, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) posted videos of swarms of fans flooding the streets to celebrate the team’s historic run. The team was also ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Afghan women cricketers will finally get high-level support in a bid to rejoin international competition after the sport’s world governing body created a taskforce to ...

After years of fighting, Afghanistan's women's cricket team has now won support from the sport's governing body. One exiled player told DW this marks a significant leap in a long, grueling battle.

Tooba Khan's life changed forever when Afghanistan fell back into the hands of the Taliban in 2021. The brutal regime effectively outlawed sport for women, with death as the penalty. Cricket was ...